Summary

Addressing health needs is the first step in helping communities overcome poverty and move towards sustainable development.

Description

Addressing health needs is the first step in helping communities overcome poverty and move towards sustainable development. Healthy adults work and healthy children attend school. It is the very foundation of a productive community and workforce.

Health in low-income countries remains a significant challenge. Infectious diseases, complications from pregnancy and childbirth, and poor nutrition continue to create high mortality rates. For the world's most vulnerable people, health care can be out of reach.

Australia is working with partner governments, multilateral agencies, civil society organisations and other development partners to help improve the health of poor and vulnerable people, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

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